On this forum someone with a similar question said that he solved it by creating a new admin account. But, Microsoft to the "rescue", the option to create a new user account without Microsoft credentials is gone.

All I want to do is run a batch file with admin privileges at startup.
Any advice would be appreciated.
And, please, do not teach me to 'Right-Click'.

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Basically my partner is wanting a user account on my PC but she'd rather not have it linked to her Microsoft account. The main account I use is linked to my Microsoft account.
According to what I've read online I should be able to go to add a...

I can create new user accounts from Windows Settings, see image.
But a review of regedit shows that no profile has been created for any of these new accounts, only for my original administrator account. See image.
When I try to sign as as any...

When I signed up for the Cortana to try it out, I had to use my microsoft account.
I have decided that in my case, I do not want to use Cortana.
How can I go back to the normal user account?
Ever since I signed in with the microsoft...

Hello,
I have done the upgrade for a few family members, connecting the accounts too with no issues at all, however, in one particular case, I ran into issues.
The process started as it should do, and the window says it was currently doing the...

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